Unitary authority · England
Warrington
Warrington is a unitary authority. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.
What this council is responsible for
Warrington
Unitary authority · E06000007
- Planning applications
- Bin and recycling collection
- Council tax and business rates collection
- Housing and homelessness
- Licensing
- Environmental health
- Parks and leisure
- Local elections
- Schools and education
- Adult social care
- Children’s services
- Roads and highways
- Waste disposal
- Libraries
- Trading standards
- Public health
Type
Unitary authority
Single tier
Official code
E06000007
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Other bodies covering this area
Cheshire
Fire and rescue authority
- Fire and rescue
32
Postcode sectors
20
Wards
3
Constituencies
9 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.
Boundary
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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →
Towns in this area
Parliamentary constituencies
Wards
20 wards recorded in this council area.
Appleton · Bewsey and Whitecross · Birchwood · Burtonwood and Winwick · Chapelford and Old Hall · Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft · Fairfield and Howley · Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall · Great Sankey South · Latchford East · Lymm North and Thelwall · Lymm South · Marbury · Orford · Penketh and Cuerdley · Poulton North · Poulton South · Rixton and Woolston · Stockton Heath · Westbrook
Postcode sectors
Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E06000007.